Summary MQM chief says dozens of party workers have been killed in couple of days.
LONDON (Online): Chief of Muttahida Qaumi Movement MQM Altaf Hussain has said that dozens of party workers have been killed in last couple of days while no arrest has been made in this regard which is a matter of grave concern.
In a statement released here on Wednesday, he urged upon government to apprehend the culprits involved in the killings of party workers, and ensure free and peaceful polls elections.
Majority of the businesses, markets, petrol stations, schools were closed and public transport was scarce on Wednesday, after a bomb exploded at an election camp of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in Karachi on Tuesday night.
Soon after the attack, MQM chief Altaf Hussain directed leaders of his party to shut all election offices in view of threats of more terrorist attacks and announced a day of mourning across Sindh on Wednesday. He also said that 25 MQM workers had been killed in the last few days.
“In these conditions how can people dare step out of their homes to cast vote,” he asked
